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dmasys(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: Another RV-10 painted |
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Finally got around to creating a simple web page showing my RV-10 in its new colors. Paint was done by AOG Aircraft Painting in Mena, Arkansas and although it is not one of the flashier -10's flying, I like it quite a lot. Only problem I have is that the airplane now looks like it is store-bought, and most people guess it is a Lancair and not a homebuilt RV. I can live with that... 
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http://dbmichair.mc.vanderbilt.edu/rv10/n104ld.html
-Dan Masys
RV10 N104LD
RV7A N747DL
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coop85(at)cableone.net
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: Another RV-10 painted |
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Beautiful! Congratulations!
I especially like the -7 & -10 shot. Must be nice to have a choice.
Marcus
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AirMike
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: Another RV-10 painted |
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Congrats Looks totally awesome.Can you give us a few details on what you did for prep.... what they did for prep - wheel pants on/off
cowling on/off .... flight controls..... and costs
How long was it in their shop. Did they let you work there.
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Dave(at)AirCraftersLLC.co
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: Another RV-10 painted |
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Nice paint job!
| Quote: | >most people guess it is a Lancair and not a homebuilt RV<<
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Ground control upgraded me to a Columbia the other day...
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters LLC
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA
831-722-9141
831-750-0284 CL
www.AirCraftersLLC.com
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Deems Davis
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dmasys(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: Another RV-10 painted |
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From: "AirMike" <Mikeabel(at)Pacbell.net>
Congrats Looks totally awesome.Can you give us a few details on what you did for prep.... what they did for prep - wheel pants on/off
cowling on/off .... flight controls..... and costs
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For prep of all of the fiberglas surfaces, I did the Van's procedure of mixing 50-50 West System epoxy and acetone, squeegied into the pinholes with a single edge razor blade. Then sanded smooth, followed a coat of UV SmoothPrime applied via roller and sanded back to a smooth surface. Lots of sanding but it was a very smooth finish on the fiberglas parts as delivered to them.
They were happy with my fiberglas prep work, but the other thing I had done was attempt to paint the thing myself with an HVLP setup, and I had already put epoxy primer and polyurethane topcoat on all of the control surfaces, and they had to strip that back to bare metal. Live and learn...
This was a four color paint job (white and dark blue base coats in JetGlo and light blue and desert tan accents in AcrylGlo), for which their basic bid was $7000. They credited me $500 for the fiberglas prep they didn't have to do, and charged me $500 for stripping the already painted control surfaces.
They removed all fairings, cowl, spinner and control surfaces and re-installed them -- I didn't have to do any of that.
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They said it would normally be about 3 weeks for a four color paint job, but I happened to deliver the plane on the first day of deer hunting season (hey, it *is* Arkansas ), and both Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays fell during the time it was in their shop, so I ended up picking up the plane the weekend after Christmas and it totaled a little over 4 weeks. All in all, it was fine with me since I was out of town on the west coast during the holidays anyway and in no rush.
They would have let me work there, but as noted above they took over the whole project and I didn't have to do anything other than an acceptance inspection on picking it up.
It isn't a showplane quality paint job with exquisite details and a lustrous clearcoat, but I wasn't really looking for that. No runs or sags anywhere and a great, deep wet-look finish on all surfaces and I am quite happy with the cost-benefit and ease of dropping the plane off, selecting the colors in real time with them, and then just picking up the finished product. The non-metallic colors will also be easy to maintain and touch-up over time.
Hope this helps,
-Dan Masys
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